Sambar Recipe, How to make Sambar ?, South Indian Sambar

Today I am here Sambar Recipe. Sambar is nothing but lentil stew prepared with toor dal and a vegetable of your choice. It is a staple in South Indian house hold. It can be served with rice, idli, dosa, pongal and vada. I posted the recipe of Sambar powder couple of days back, so thought of posting how to prepare sambar using sambar powder.

Vegetables used for Sambar

Use any one vegetable of your choice or combination of vegetables. Find below the vegetables that can be used for sambar and how to cook them before, adding to sambar. Certain vegetables don’t need prior cooking.

Drumstick: Cut drumstick into 2 1/2″ to 3 ” long and boil it till its cooked. Use the remaining water for sambar preparation.

Radish, Chayote (chow-chow), Turnip, Carrot : Cut them into cubes and pressure cook them along with toor dal and use it.

Ladies Finger, Capsicum, Brinjal : Chop them and then saute them along with onions and curry leaves till they are cooked and then proceed to make the sambar.

How to make Sambar?

Pressure cook toor dal with required water along with tomato and garlic. Mash them and keep it aside. Soak tamarind in warm water and extract the tamarind juice discarding the pulp. Depending on the vegetable you are using chop and cook it. Chop onions. Heat oil add mustard seeds and when they sputter add chopped onions and curry leaves and fry. Then add the vegetable, turmeric powder, asafoetida, Sambar powder and add 1/4 cup of water and cook for couple of minutes. Next add mashed dal, extracted tamarind juice, required water and salt mix well and bring it to boil and then simmer for 7 – 8 minutes. Then turn off the heat, garnish with cilantro and serve it warm.

Step by step pictures of preparing Sambar

Sambar

Sambar is lentil stew prepared with toor dal and a vegetable of your choice. Learn how to make flavourful South Indian style sambar following this simple recipe.Category : Main dishRecipe Developed, Cooked and Clicked by : Divya PrakashPublished : September 22, 2016Prep time : 20 mins; Cook time : 15 mins; Total time : 35 minsYield : 4 – 5 servings

Ingredients :

Toor Dal : 1 Cup

Garlic : 4 – 5 Cloves

Tomatoes : 2 medium sized

Vegetable of your choice : 1 Cup

Tamarind : Small lime ball sized

Oil : 2 – 3 Teaspoons

Mustard seeds : 1/2 Teaspoon

Pearl onions : 7 – 8 nos.

Curry Leaves : 1 Sprig

Turmeric Powder : 1/4 Teaspoon

Sambar Powder : 2 Tablespoon

Salt : To taste

Cilantro : a handful

Salt : to taste

Cilantro : handful

Instructions :

Pressure cook toor dal with required water, tomatoes and garlic. Mash them and keep it aside.

Depending on the vegetable of your choice, chop and cook them and keep it ready. Certain vegetables need no prior cooking.